Regardless of whether the five members of the team are present or not, the general strategy of this war will not change.
It's just that a few people disappeared without a word, which obviously made Huo Zhi and Qin Feng a little uncomfortable.
Strictly speaking, the four generals of Feng Lin Huoshan achieved their current achievements only because of the support of several members of the team and even the lord Lin Biao. Although they were not as advanced in terms of military command or even combat capabilities. They don't need to rely too much on the team to help them, but there is still a dependence in their hearts, or in other words, this has become a habit in itself.
As long as Lin Biao is here, they have nothing to worry about and can just rush forward.
The two looked at each other and sighed, knowing that they would have to rely on themselves for the next battle.
After a while, an order was spread to several military camps.
Eighty thousand soldiers, in units of ten thousand, were divided into three attack sequences, front, middle and back, to attack Zhuozhou City!
Among them, there are only 10,000 people in the first sequence. The purpose is to detect the enemy's situation, find the attack route in the ruins of the south city wall, and try to open a gap.
The second offensive sequence totaled 30,000 people, a mixture of cavalry and infantry. The main task was to break into Zhuozhou City and use the grenades and rifles in their hands to completely disrupt the enemy's defensive formation.
The third offensive sequence consisted of 40,000 people, 10,000 of whom needed to take over the position of the vanguard, completely turning the South City Gate from the front line of the attack into an advancing base camp, somewhat similar to the effect of three military towns.
The remaining 30,000 people directly dispersed in units of 10,000 people, plus the more than 10,000 people who initially rushed into Zhuozhou City, and went straight to the other three city gates. Don't fight with other enemies in the city, and strive to extend their tentacles before dark. Enter the entire Zhuozhou City.
The governor's mansion in Zhuozhou City is no different from other states and counties. It is located in the center of Zhuozhou City. After controlling the outermost areas near the four city walls, the army will slowly shrink towards the center.
Then... set fire!
Yes, this is the best way to attack the city that Huo Zhi, a grumpy man, came up with.
Eighty thousand people are more or less, but if there are more than 50,000 defenders in the city, the enemy who has the advantageous location will definitely cause great trouble to our side.
Even annihilating one's own side is not impossible.
So the best way is to cause chaos in the city.
This will wrong the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhuozhou City.
Of the three offensive echelons, the first 10,000 people and the last 30,000 people are the most powerful and are now the most elite part of the army. The remaining ones are slightly weaker and are used to stabilize the attack of the army. front.
This tactic was decided upon by Huo Zhi and Qin Feng. Everything in Zhuozhou City is currently unknown, but there is no doubt that they both know very well that Zhuozhou City is definitely not as peaceful as it seems, and there must be something waiting for it. them.
The tactics are set, the army charges!
Ten thousand fully armed soldiers rushed towards the south gate with the thundering drums and shouts of death.
Immediately afterwards came the mixed army of 30,000 cavalry and infantry. Their speed was deliberately suppressed below the charge speed of the vanguard army, and they were always observing the movement ahead.
Finally, 40,000 soldiers and horses packed up their gear and moved forward in an orderly manner. They were still pushing heavy artillery carts and couldn't move faster even if they wanted to.
According to Huo Zhi, those are his family assets. Even if there are no cannonballs, he can't throw them away. He won't be worried if he doesn't see them for a day.
News soon came from the vanguard that several gaps in the southern city wall had been found for passage, and after a little cleaning, the army could pass through.
What's surprising is that there are no defenders there as expected, and it seems a little quiet.
When the news came, Huo Zhi and Qin Feng were puzzled again.
It stands to reason that the city wall is the only obstacle to resisting the attack. Once the army is allowed to pass here smoothly, the defenders will face a pitiful situation with no danger to defend and lose the terrain advantage of the bunker. They have rifles and grenades and they will defend. The army caused even greater damage.
This unusualness made the two of them very vigilant, but they had no good way to deal with it. After all, they couldn't avoid going to the city just because they were afraid, right?
The army was still carrying out the previous military orders of the two men in an orderly manner, and soon 80,000 people entered Zhuozhou City in batches.
To be honest, Zhuozhou City is not much different from other counties and cities. Except that the city wall is taller and the city is larger and more like a state capital, the only thing that makes people feel strange is that the area near the city wall is extremely empty with almost no buildings. I wonder if this is because it was expanded and renovated after it was promoted to the "Emperor's Palace".
Forty thousand people occupied the favorable terrain and set up camp in an orderly manner. Another forty thousand people gathered in one place and began to move quietly to other parts of the city.
It is said to be quiet, but in fact the movement is not that small. One person may be able to be quiet, but it is different when 40,000 people gather together.
At this time, the 40,000 people were divided again, and each group was divided into groups of 1,000 people, disappearing into the alleys of Zhuozhou City.
The captain of ten thousand will set a big strategy, and the captain of thousands will break it down and implement it. As for whether to split the tactical goals into hundreds of people later, that is each department's own consideration.
Soon, information from all parties reached Huo Zhi's side.
The results remain mixed.
Fortunately, 40,000 people have occupied various positions on the inner edge of the city wall according to the established strategy. Although each unit is far apart from each other, in the subsequent shrinkage process, the encirclement will always become smaller and smaller. At the same time, The ministries were not resisted by the enemy, or in other words, they did not encounter the enemy.
Not only was there no defenders in the city, but the other three city walls, where the resistance was originally expected to be strongest, turned out to be empty!
This is also the most important reason why the army can achieve its set goal before the sun sets.
The 40,000 people who were originally used to support various places at any time have completely turned into decorations, leaving Huo Zhi and Qin Feng a little helpless.
This carefully designed tactic of mine is really a fool's errand.
The same is true for the worry aspect.
There was no resistance from the defenders and no patrolling soldiers were seen, which may be normal. We assume that the other party was preparing to hold back a big "surprise" for itself and did so deliberately.
But the sun hadn't set yet, and not a single citizen was seen in the city. This was abnormal.
Because he was always worried about the possibility of alerting the enemy, Huo Zhi specifically emphasized in his previous order that before occupying the favorable terrain in the early stage and reaching the target position, he must not cause panic within the area.
This has led to the fact that now, among the 40,000 people arriving at the mission location, no one has even thought about opening the courtyard door of the private house to see what it is like inside!
They thought they were moving quietly, but they didn't expect that Zhuozhou City was completely silent. Huo Zhi and his wife had never experienced such a situation that made people's hair stand on end, and they felt a little scared for a while.
"Isn't this a dead city..." Huo Zhi's lips trembled.
"Six hundred thousand troops, guarding a dead city, are they crazy or are we crazy?" Qin Feng asked.
"But this is too abnormal." Huo Zhi continued.
"What should we do? Let them withdraw and gather together to attack the governor's mansion?" Qin Feng suggested.
Huo Zhi shook his head and said, "The original strategy remains unchanged. I don't want to take the risk. If there is any problem, it will be difficult to deal with it."
Qin Feng nodded and agreed with Huo Zhi's statement.
The order was quickly issued to all the ministries, and the military orders were executed according to the established strategy, but there was no need to wait until dark before the encirclement began to shrink immediately!
Soon, the surrounding armies began to move, and Huo Zhi and the others were ready to support various places in the city at any time.
Naturally, this time the shrinking of the encirclement cannot be done as quickly as before. According to the established strategy, once the shrinking of the encirclement begins, the buildings and houses passing by will be ignited with raging fires. The purpose is naturally to create chaos.
Now it seems that there is no need to create a fire, but you still need to go in and take a closer look at the houses you pass by.
If these 40,000 people are the relatively powerful group, then the 10,000 people in the north of the city are the elite among the elite.
The reason is simply that it is too far away from the South City Gate.
If these ten thousand people are compared with ordinary soldiers, it is no exaggeration to say that all of them are special forces.
So they move faster and act more quietly.
If you think about it carefully, the time it took for these ten thousand people to reach the set goal was actually less than a quarter of an hour slower than the east and west gates. You can imagine how terrible their discipline is.
At this time, the ten thousand troops had already been divided into one hundred hundred-man teams under the order of the ten thousand captains, and before arriving here, they had divided their respective areas of responsibility, which is somewhat similar to dividing the territory.
The result of this decentralization is extremely high efficiency. At this time, they are each moving quickly towards their target building.
The courtyard doors were closed, the house doors were closed, and the streets were empty.
That was all the information they had when they came.
Although Zhuozhou is only a county town, it is not depressed relatively speaking. As the first big city connecting Youzhou with the Central Plains, it should be very prosperous.
Although the sun has not yet set at this time, the city is already a little dark. It stands to reason that businesses or wine shops should have already lit up the lights. After all, how can a place that is open for business be so fuel-efficient?
However, this was not the case as far as the eye could see. The houses on both sides were all dark, and no sound could be heard from them.
One of the centurions walked through the alley and came to their target house. There were about fifteen houses in this area that they needed to explore. If everything went well, they would not be set on fire again if they wanted to come here.
They approached an ordinary courtyard, and the centurion at the head gently pushed the courtyard door.
The door latch was stuck from the inside and did not open.
There are people inside.
